This ground-breaking volume covers 42 species of terrestrial mammal. Contains spectrograms, detailed guidance and access to a downloadable sound library containing more than 250 recordings.
Dissecting bird pellets is the ultimate fun and scientific way of discovering what a bird has been eating. This guide showcases the pellets from a range of different bird species and outlines how to identify what is found in them, in particular small mammal skulls and bones.
This book explains how to make your birdwatching more enjoyable, fulfilling and worthwhile. Illustrated throughout with the author’s sketches and fieldnotes, this is a call to appreciate birds for themselves.
This friendly book offers step-by-step guidance to exploring the endlessly captivating miniature world of microscopes.
A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the butterflies of Romania. A must-have in that country, and also extremely useful across Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe more widely.
Sightings of one of our rarest, most elusive mammals are increasing in Britain and Ireland. Now, for the first time, readers can directly observe Pine Marten... Læs mere
If you don’t know where to start or how to use QGIS, this is the practical guide for you. Simple, step-by-step instructions and practical exercises make it easy and fun.
A snorkeller’s identification guide to the most frequently encountered marine species of the Mediterranean. Presented in an informative yet readable way, includes numerous tips on how to make the most of your snorkelling.
This accessible guide fills a gap between basic books and more technical volumes. Using humour, rhymes and images it communicates in simple terms the techniques required when training for a bat licence.
The trillions of miles we drive each year are just as destructive to our natural environment as any of the better known threats, such as... Læs mere
This handy guide introduces the most commonplace flowers, shrubs, grasses, mosses and ferns that are to be found as street weeds, showing the main characteristics by which you can recognise them.
Africa’s surviving rhinos are seriously threatened. This timely book considers all kinds of human interactions with these magnificent and enigmatic animals, offering a significant contribution to our understanding of wildlife in the African continent.